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visit to Australia and New Zealand.

To: tom rauch <>, "" <>
Subject: visit to Australia and New Zealand.
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:14:40 +1100
I also often do the sunrise to 9am thing.  If you're coming in Autumn, that 
doesn't give you much time - sunrise on March 1 in Melbourne is 7.05am and of 
course it just gets worse as winter approaches, although you gain an hour when 
daylight saving finishes (end of March?).  I assume therefore that you won't 
want to be wasting much time travelling to sites, so we'd need to know where 
you'd be staying in order to recommend close spots.  Can I assume that a close 
birding location with reasonable birding beats a distant but excellent location?

Peter Shute

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Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2009 1:57 AM
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Subject: visit to Australia and New Zealand.

My wife and I are visiting this spring (your fall). We will be in Tasmania 
(4days), Melbourne (4days), Sydney (5days) and Cairns/Port Douglas (7days). I 
am not a birding fanatic but like to see as many species as possible in each 
place we visit on our trips. Our itinerary does not allow for a full day of 
birding in each location; my wife sleeps in until about 9:00am so most of my 
birding is on the fly  from sunrise until 8:30 or 9:00.

I'm looking for some local "hot spots" (parks, lakes, marshes, etc) that I can 
hit for a few hours in the mornings, either alone or with some one who knows 
the ropes.

We are also spending 3 weeks in New Zealand, driving from the south end of the 
South Island to north end of the North Island. We have a little more time to 
explore but my birding would basically be the same as above. If anyone has 
contacts or site information for New Zealand, please advise.
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